Where does “hasard” come from?
hasard (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
hasard (Norwegian Bokmål): gambling, game of chance
Definitions
- gambling, game of chance
Ancestry of “hasard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hasard | chance; a coincidence; hazard |
| 2 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 3 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |